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raining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.

Capable of being bent.

One who, or that which, bends.

The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend.

Diagonally.

Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge. Cussans.

Tennessee; -- a nickname.

A roundabout or indirect way. [Jocular] Goldsmith.

To unbend. [Obs.] Stirling.

extent of the interest or estate granted; -- so called because it begins with the word Habendum. Kent.

A large North American aquatic salamander (Protonopsis horrida or Menopoma Alleghaniensis). It is very voracious and very tenacious of life. Also called alligator, and water dog.

To bend to excess.

See Perpender.

A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate, church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice.

Of or pertaining to a prebend; holding a prebend; as, a prebendal priest or stall. Chesterfield.

A clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral church who enjoys a prebend in consideration of his officiating at stated times in the church. See Note under Benefice, n., 3. Hook.

The office of a prebendary.

To invest with the office of prebendary; to present to a prebend. [Obs.] Grafton.

A prebendaryship. [Obs.] Foxe.